In New York, PI Ben Tolliver investigates a series of apparently motiveless murders. He discovers the killers were patients of a doctor who was experimenting with a new mind-bending drug. Tolliver goes after him, but the doctor is no pushover.

In Harvey's first new thriller in more than fifteen years, a starlet's murder draws an NYPD detective into a cross-country manhunt Mongo wakes up, brushes his teeth, and prepares to kill a movie star. He needs a wig and a phony press pass, as well as a very special tape recorder that holds two flechettes, one of which is earmarked for screen siren Catherine Delure. A bit of smooth talk takes Mongo past Delure's security and into her hotel room, where...